NASHVILLE, Tenn. ñ Vanderbilt Law School maintained its No. 17
ranking in the nation for the fifth consecutive year, while Peabody
College saw seven of its programs ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News
& World Report in its annual ranking of the leading graduate and
professional schools. Peabody‘s Special Education program was ranked
first in the nation for the third straight year.
Overall, Peabody, Vanderbilt‘s college of education and human
development, dropped one spot to 5th in the nation, while almost all of
its programs improved. Administration rose two places to No. 2, and its
programs in Education Policy and Elementary Education each improved to
6th place from 7th last year.
Other Peabody programs listed in the top 10 were Curriculum and
Instruction, advancing to 8th from 9th last year; and Secondary
Education and Higher Education Administration, each ranked 10th.
Peabody was also included in a non-ranked list of the top 50 teacher
preparation programs.
The School of Medicine was tied for 17th best among top research
institutions in the United States, down from 15th last year.
Vanderbilt‘s Internal Medicine program was ranked 16th.
The Owen Graduate School of Management dropped six places to 45th, where it tied with Tulane and the University of Georgia.
Biomedical engineering led Vanderbilt engineering programs with a
rank of 19th, up one place from its ranking a year ago. Other
engineering programs in the top 50 were Chemical, tied at 48th; Civil,
tied at 43rd; Computer, tied at 47th; Electrical, tied at 44th; and
Environmental, tied at 38th. The School of Engineering tied for 51st
overall, up two places from last year.
The law school‘s International Law program was tied at 21st in the nation, having last been ranked five years ago at 19th.
In the social sciences, a number of Vanderbilt‘s doctoral programs
were ranked in the top 50. English was tied at 28th; History was tied
at 29th; Sociology was tied at 31st; Psychology (Research) was tied at
36th with its Cognitive Psychology program tied at 18th; Economics was
tied at 41st; and Political Science was tied at 48th.
The magazine ranks graduate schools of business, education,
engineering, law and medicine every year. Other disciplines are ranked
periodically.
The rankings were disclosed to universities earlier this week. More
detailed rankings are available beginning April 1 on the U.S. News Web
site, www.usnews.com, and in the
April 11 edition of the magazine, which goes on sale April 4. The
newsstand book, America‘s Best Graduate Schools, also goes on sale
April 4.
Media contact: Susanne Hicks, (615) 322-NEWS
susanne.hicks@vanderbilt.edu